On 29 Jul 2005 08:56:15 GMT, wrote:

"nightjar" nightjar@ insert my surname here.uk.com wrote:

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
The sort of incident you might expect when using a chainsaw, but just to
remind you of what can go wrong with a circular saw:

http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/essex/s...ews/NEWS5.html

Anyone who gets killed by using a circular saw while standing on a ladder is
a prime candidate for a Darwin award.

Anyone who does anything requiring the use of both arms while standing
on a ladder is pushing their luck in my opinion.

I'm a trapeze artist (who still has a lot of DIY to do in real life
:-) and I'm perfectly happy hanging by my toes from a 1" thick metal
bar 25 foot above the ground - i.e. a trapeze.

I *hate* ladders though - I've been using them for years for rigging
trapezes, and given the choice I wouldn't use them. Usually I attach
myself to something solid with a harness once I'm at the top of a
ladder. Wobbly, sharp, bendy, shiny horrible things, the lot of them.

Charlie

Charlie wrote:
I'm a trapeze artist

Does any group have a wider range of expertise than this, really?

Owain

In message , Charlie
writes
On 29 Jul 2005 08:56:15 GMT, wrote:

"nightjar" nightjar@ insert my surname here.uk.com wrote:

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
The sort of incident you might expect when using a chainsaw, but just to
remind you of what can go wrong with a circular saw:

http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/essex/s...ews/NEWS5.html

Anyone who gets killed by using a circular saw while standing on a
ladder is
a prime candidate for a Darwin award.

Anyone who does anything requiring the use of both arms while standing
on a ladder is pushing their luck in my opinion.

I'm a trapeze artist (who still has a lot of DIY to do in real life
:-) and I'm perfectly happy hanging by my toes from a 1" thick metal
bar 25 foot above the ground - i.e. a trapeze.

I *hate* ladders though - I've been using them for years for rigging
trapezes, and given the choice I wouldn't use them. Usually I attach
myself to something solid with a harness once I'm at the top of a
ladder. Wobbly, sharp, bendy, shiny horrible things, the lot of them.

Can you juggle chain saws like Archaos used to ?

--
geoff

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:59:27 GMT, raden wrote:


Can you juggle chain saws like Archaos used to ?

Nope. Cos it's stupid.

Seriously though, someone at Archaos used to do this - but apparently
he didn't take the usual route (replace the cutting chain with a
motorbike chain, use a clutch so the chain stops quickly if it touches
something) - he used a normal chainsaw.

And eventually cut his leg off.

The thing to remember about circus tricks is that no matter how
dangerous they look, the artists are usually *very* careful to reduce
the risk to themselves as much as possible.

Charlie

In message , Charlie
writes
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:59:27 GMT, raden wrote:


Can you juggle chain saws like Archaos used to ?

Nope. Cos it's stupid.

Seriously though, someone at Archaos used to do this - but apparently
he didn't take the usual route (replace the cutting chain with a
motorbike chain, use a clutch so the chain stops quickly if it touches
something) - he used a normal chainsaw.

And eventually cut his leg off.

The thing to remember about circus tricks is that no matter how
dangerous they look, the artists are usually *very* careful to reduce
the risk to themselves as much as possible.

The visual impact being, of course, all important

--
geoff